A couple weeks ago, I found myself standing in the cold, in the dark, and on a sheet of ice. I was surrounded by smoke, chanting, fireworks, and a frankly alarming amount of fire. This isn’t a typical travel experience for me. And yet, there I was, watching the Dōsojin […]
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Žabljak, Montenegro: Finding Stillness in the Durmitor Highlands
Until recently, Montenegro was a blank spot on the map for me. The name itself sounded like it belonged to a fairytale, but I couldn’t have told you where it was. That changed one late night after watching a Yes Theory video and realizing I hadn’t said yes to something […]
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I had only just arrived in Dubrovnik the night before, but jet lag had me out of bed before sunrise. By ten in the morning, I had already walked the city walls, photographed the glimmering limestone streets of the Old Town, and drained the adrenaline of arrival into a kind […]
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In 2014, I made the trip to South America with a group of friends. Part of it took me to Bolivia with Matt, a friend from high school, and Julia, my oldest and closest friend. After winding our way through the country, we found ourselves in Trinidad, a small town […]
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